COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
92-57
accession_no
92-57
Accession number
false
Record number:
92-57-61
record_number
92-57-61
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D785 M388n / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D785 M388n / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Various birds, seals, and a scad fish]
image_title
[Various birds, seals, and a scad fish]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Harrison & Co.
image_publisher
Harrison & Co.
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1786
image_date
1786
Image date
false
Image function:
plate LXXXV [85]; vol. 2
image_function
plate LXXXV [85]; vol. 2
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
33.2 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
33.2 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
19 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
19 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
36.3 cm.
page_dimensions_height
36.3 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
22 cm.
page_dimensions_width
22 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
Various birds, a fish, and seals including: 1) the red scollop-toed sand-piper, 2) the scad fish, 3) the seal, 4) the harp seal, 5) the secretary bird, and 6) the shomburger [schomburger] bird. Items are numbered for identification in key at bottom of image.
description
Various birds, a fish, and seals including: 1) the red scollop-toed sand-piper, 2) the scad fish, 3) the seal, 4) the harp seal, 5) the secretary bird, and 6) the shomburger [schomburger] bird. Items are numbered for identification in key at bottom of image.
Description
false
Source creator:
Martyn, William Frederic
source_creator
Martyn, William Frederic
Source creator
false
Source Title:
A new dictionary of natural history; or, Compleat universal display of animated nature... Volume the second
source_title
A new dictionary of natural history; or, Compleat universal display of animated nature... Volume the second
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for Harrison and Co. No 18, Paternoster Row
source_publisher
Printed for Harrison and Co. No 18, Paternoster Row
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDCCLXXXV. [1785]
source_date
MDCCLXXXV. [1785]
Source date
false
notes:
The harp seal, Phoca groenlandica, breeds around Greenland and Newfoundland. Because of value of the white fur of its young, it is endangered. The schomburger bird (so called by Edwards) may be Icterus pectoralis, the spot-breasted oriole, but its range is the Pacific side of Central America rather than the West Indies as stated in the text. Cuvier (Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles) says it is from Mexico.
notes
The harp seal, Phoca groenlandica, breeds around Greenland and Newfoundland. Because of value of the white fur of its young, it is endangered. The schomburger bird (so called by Edwards) may be Icterus pectoralis, the spot-breasted oriole, but its range is the Pacific side of Central America rather than the West Indies as stated in the text. Cuvier (Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles) says it is from Mexico.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://animals.nati… http://www.birds.co… (Sept. 2008)
references_
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/harp-seal.html; http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Spot-breasted_Oriole_dtl.html (Sept. 2008)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1992.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1992.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Seals (Animals)
subject_heads
Seals (Animals)
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Orioles
subject_heads
Orioles
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history
subject_heads
Natural history
Subject headings
false